On the evening of April 5, 2012, the owner of a 2000 Mazda 626 parked his vehicle outside of his residence and went inside for the night. When he returned to the vehicle the following morning, he discovered that it was missing and immediately contacted the Boston Police Department’s District E5 Station to report the

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On the morning of March 28, 2012, a resident of Lawrence, MA parked her Thrifty Rental car (a 2001 Nissan Maxima) in the parking lot of her apartment complex on Inman Street. When she returned for the vehicle later, she discovered it missing and immediately reported the theft to the Lawrence Police Department. The responding

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The owner of a 2004 BMW 330 last saw his vehicle parked outside of his residence in Billerica, MA, on the evening of April 14, 2012. When he returned to his vehicle the following morning, he discovered it missing, and immediately reported the theft to the Billerica Police Department. The responding officer prepared a stolen

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On the afternoon of March 17, 2012, the owner of a 2006 Honda CBR600 motorcycle discovered that the bike had been stolen from his girlfriend’s apartment and immediately contacted the Phoenix Police Department to report the crime. Phoenix Police entered the motorcycle’s information into the Arizona and NCIC police computer systems. This routine police action

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On April 17, 2012, officers from the Fresno Police Department began to receive the silent LoJack signal on the LoJack Police Tracking Computers installed in their patrol vehicles. After querying the “Reply Code” on the PTC display with the police stolen vehicle computer systems, the officers were notified that the signal was emanating from a

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When the owners of a 1998 Ford Mustang discovered that their vehicle had been stolen, they immediately filed a theft report with the San Antonio Police Department. After officers gathered all of the pertinent information, they had the Ford’s information entered into the state and national law enforcement computer system.  This routine action automatically activated

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On April 18, 2012, the owners of a 2008 Can-Am Spyder reported their three-wheeler stolen to the Los Angeles Police Department’s 77th Division officers. The victim named a possible suspect, and the responding LAPD officer completed a stolen vehicle report and had the vehicle’s information entered into the state and federal crime computer systems. This

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